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WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Eugene Hargrove, of Columbia, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 114
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Tennessee (Maury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 114
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- CHARLES HARTSELL GOBBLESergeant · September 5, 1967
- THOMAS PATTERSON HANSONMajor · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE WARD HENRY JRLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDISON RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 3
From Columbia
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES ANGUSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- NED RAYBURN BROWNSergeant · February 24, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- EDWARD LOUIS HIMESSergeant · October 26, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.